Constellation / CONSTEL

Constellation was founded in 2275 by Sebastian Banks with the mission of seeking out the unknown. The inaugural members of Constellation were Aja Mamasa, Bernadette Laurent, Chloe Bao, Darius Andris, Everado Gil, and Kadri Toma, with Banks serving as leader and taking on the title of chair.

Chloe Bao located and explored the legendary missing colony ship Clark Lewis in 2282. She determined that the vessel had become stranded in space after a disastrous malfunction, and the colonists had resorted to murder and cannibalism before dying. Fearing that publishing Bao’s report would have a chilling effect on the public’s attitude toward space exploration, Sebastian Banks had the report shelved.

In 2283, Constellation nearly disbanded when Sebastian Banks departed on an expedition and failed to return. A vote among the remaining members over whether or not to disband the group was decided in favor of continuing it when Chloe Bao changed her vote at the last moment. Bao was elected the organization’s second chair.

Between 2283 and 2290, two other Constellation members joined and quickly rose to the position of chair: Sir Malcolm Livingston and Visola Chen. Livingston brought the robot Vasco, whom he had found in an Akila City junkyard and reactivated in 2287, with him when he joined the group.

Aja Mamasa, who had been Sebastian Banks’ protege, became chair of Constellation in 2290, a position she would hold for the next 35 years.